Composition and method of making delineated areas



Nov. 10, 1931. c. ELLIS 1,330,372

COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MAKING DELINEATE D AREAS Filed Sept. 23. 1927 e w i) Patented Nov. 1o, 1931 i I I 1,830;87Z

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- CABLEION ELLIS, OI IONTCLAIB, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB TO M11011) CHEMICAL OOIPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA COMPOSITION AND HETHOD O1 HEARING DELINEATED AREAS Application filed September 88, 1927. Serial Io. 821,822.

This invention relates to processes of delinin connection with the materials mentioned eating lines of traflic on highways such for above. A example as oiled macadam roads and to de- When desired, a waterproofin agent such lineated areas resulting from such process, as calcium or inc sYEa'rte or ot er so-called l and relates particularly to a procedure WhlC I I or orm of waterproofing 6 permits of the treatment of highways to afagent may be incorporated with the cement. ford white or light colored dots, lines or other The compositions described above exhibit markings of a character more permanent than the property of shedding oil and this is parthat secured by the present method of palntticularly desirable in connection with the ing the surfaces of highways. present invention, since road oil frequently l The present method of painting the suris found on the highway. But several expediface of roads along curves, cross-roads and cuts are available if desired for increasing other places dangerous to trafiic involves a the 011 shedding properties of these materials. number of difliculties. When the aint 18 Possibly the most efi'ectiveway of keeping applied to a surface containing considerable oil out of the composition is to make it very road oil or black tar, the seepage of this oil dense. that is, to use a high content of the through the surface of the paint quickly dlscement and fill all of the voids. This expedicolors it and the lines are soon darkened to exit may be utilized by increasing the cement such an extent as to be practically obhterated. content of the upper layer of the insert or .0 Another objection is that the mineral 011 mixdelin at d area, ing with the drying oil of the paint retards I The materials specified are used to best the drying of the latter. For these and other advantage by excavating the highway to reasons the employment of pamts for the deform a shallow depression say one or tw lineation of lines of trafiic is not only expeninches in depth, although it may be made sive and troublesome, but the markmgs thu deeper if desired to secure a better anchorage. produced are not permanent enough to be de- T e depression or depressions may take the pendable. v o form of the usual geometrical shapes now em- The drawing shows a plan view of a highployed. if so desired. Thus for example cirway carrying a marker delineating a trafiic cular shapes arranged in series along the road line in accordance with the present inventlon. or hands of appropriate width with square The present invention eliminates the trpuor rounded ends may be used or continuous bles and difiiculties incident to the pamtlng bands extending along the middle of the road methods, and resides in the use of white or around the entire curve or at cross roads and light colored cement materials desirably so forth may be employed. In short, any .6 formed into slabs adapted to be inserted mto appropriate shape efi'ective for the purpose the surface of the highway. For these purmay be used. The composition used may be poses Ce 4 i desirably trowelled into the cavities and the surface used, I e w en t nte color is to be ensmoothed to ngake whlte P q in 0 hanced substances having a pigment effect the Wi deslrably flush Wlth the Surface may be used. Zi g? jfle for example may thereQ be used with t e ortland cement for this w i ab9veg1venmethd referred, purpose. Among other materials that may be It posslble to Insert preformed t1 of such used M and aaai.zls.sarzaaa taut:

-'" Wlth the .cemenhflg agent ere good anchoring surface. However should ,5

- y w mixed any suitable k nd of a filler Such method be desired it is best to P a such as white sand ggihgmmM or bed of cement in the cavity before laying the brous E wi 0 give strength Such as tile and insert the latter in the soft. cement 138 5195 or sawdust. Crushed uartz or white ll i it t get i 1 "quait'zsan which is sharp 1s adapfi d for use When desired an o ychloride cement oommo rial.

position such as that described in my specification Serial No. 743,782 filed October 15, 1924, can be cast into strips, disks, tiles, etc., and these cast articles may be set here and there in the Portland cement composition, preferably spaced well apart, so that for example, the surface may exhibit an area of approximately equal amounts of each mate- The brilliant white color of the oxychloride cement particularly lends itself to treatment of this character.

When necessary, the tile or placque or casting can be reinforced with wire and also anchoring wires or rods may project through the lower part of the white indicator down into the roadway for some distance in order to lodge the said indicator in the road-bed more firmly.

In the case of ordinary concrete roads the insert-markers may be laid at the time the concrete is put in place or cavities may be left by means of forms which are subsequently filled in with the white cement after the surrounding aggregate has set.

In the drawing there is shown diagrammatically. a curved highway A, carrying a traffic delineation B along the center line of the curve of the highway A, acting to delineate the lines of trafiic into two lanes, the traific delineation B being made in accordance with the present invention from the compositions hereinabove set forth, and preferably including the Portland cement type of composition having the property of sheddine road oil.

The insert-markers may be cleaned occasionally by scraping or grinding or by washing with a scouring composition. Furthermore the invention does not preclude painting the surfaces of such markers from time to time if desired.

Another feature which may be carried out in connection with the present invention is that of incorporating at least in the top layer of the marker a sub ance such as mica or other material which listens so a {8X28 0f thfl m m" '1 a e w en it receives the illumination from headlights. A further elaboration of this is to insert in the wet cement composition a series of red bulls-eyes or pieces of glass cut with facets which will shine when light impinges thereon, and thus form an effective danger signal. In such elaborations of the invention it may prove desirable to use a base or foundation of cheap cementing material, and employ the white or light colored compositions of this invention for the upper and exposed portions.

In connection with this invention. it is to be understood that the exact procedure set forth above, and the specific compositions enumerated are given as illustrative only and not as limiting. since they are capable of substantial variation by those skilled in the art.

The problem to be solved it w ll be noted differs essentially from that involved in connection with compositions used for making curbing, etc., since permanent delineation is not a requisite in such cases, nor is there the same tendency for road oil, etc. to obliterate the efi'ect'of the composition. The compositions set forth above however, are particularly desirable for the purposes indicated, that is for hi hway delineation, due to their properties 0 bein hi hly water resistant and of not readily a sor ing road oil.

Having thus set forth my invention, I claim:

1. A delineated area of the highway having cavities of geometrical design filled with a white or light colored Portland cement composition, the amount of cement in the composition being suflicient to yield a dense material not readily permeable by road oil.

2. A delineated area of the highway having a cavity thereof filled with a white or light colored composition containing Portland cement and zinc oxide, the proportions of cement and zinc oxide being sufiicient to yield a material not readily permeable by road oil.

3. An insert-marker for highway delineation consisting of Portland cement and white sand, the proportions of cement and white sand in the upper surface of the marker being sufiicient to yield a material of such density that it is not readily permeable by road oil.

4. A delineated area of a highway having a cavity thereof filled with a light colored composition containing Portland cement,

said area carrying an insert made from an oxychloride cement com osition.

G LETON ELLIS. 

